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This resource is part of "Dotty Grids - Drawing Polygons"


In this game, two players take it in turns to click on a dot on the grid.
The winner is the first to have four vertices of a square in their colour.

Play a few games against the computer or a friend.

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Can you develop any winning strategies?
Can you suggest any mathematically interesting variations on the game?
 

You may be interested in the other problems in our Exploring mathematics on dotty grids Feature.